Ronit Shy stands in front of the construction site for the building that will be her future home. She was among 200 Israelis who won a housing lottery with 6,000 entrants.
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The Empire State Building And The Art Of Trump's Deal

Theresa Mondale, a broker with United Country Real Estate in western Montana, says her sales of off-grid, "survivalist" properties have risen by 50 percent over the past several years.
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U.S. Treasury Cracks Down On Luxury-Home Money Laundering

De Desharnais, a homebuilder and real estate agent in Nashua, N.H., stands in front of a house her company is constructing. She says her company had 32 employees at the height of the housing boom, and now only has six despite the industry's gradual recovery.
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Bureaucratic Hoops Make D.C. Affordable Housing Units Hard To Sell

Children watch from their home in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 20 as people march about a mile to the police station to protest the shooting of Michael Brown. Brown's shooting in the middle of a street by a Ferguson police officer on Aug. 9 sparked protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb. Some people are ready to leave the troubled city. Others say they will remain no matter what.
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Unrest In Ferguson May Speed Up Decline Of Real Estate

Alan Shuminer lives on two acres of land in a house with a current list price of $3.3 million in Miami â and he only pays $2,600 a month. He is a home manager for Showhomes, a home staging company.
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Apartments are still under construction in Wuxi, outside Shanghai, despite a glut in the market and almost no local demand. This development is to have 2,500 residential units.
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